The rise of Vox A small right-wing extremist party managed to become part of the Spanish parliament. One reason is the toxic mix of nationalism and antifeminism. By Kirsten Achtelik
Check Before You Vote The European Parliament Resolution on Undocumented Women and the EU Elections - As Europe prepares to go the polls this month to elect its representatives for the 2014-2019 European Parliament, we invite you to take a deeper look into the recently passed European Parliament Resolution on Undocumented Migrant Women in the EU. By Eve Geddie and Louise Bonneau
Undocumented Migrant Women Gender-based violence in Europe’s fight against irregular migration Gender-based discrimination augments migrant women’s susceptibility to violence and when combined with an irregular status, contributes to a worrying culture of impunity within the EU. By Eve Geddie
European Union and Western Balkans: What prospect for gender equality? Is the EU a powerful enough actor to tackle the broader structural and institutional aspects of gender inequalities in different countries and regions? This article provide empirical evidence drawn from Croatia and FYR Macedonia in order to explore the effectiveness of the EU gender strategy. By Andrea Spehar
Gender is not prominent in EU foreign policy towards Mercosur Given the EU’s commitment to gender, and its self-promotion as a normative power, one would expect that the EU exports gender norms to Mercosur in their bi-regional relations. By Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann
EU and its member states should take a lead in protecting trans rights Ordinary things like picking up a parcel, opening a bank account or simply using a personalized public transport ticket can become a daily source of difficulty if your gender identity does not match the legal gender. By Caroline Ausserer
Breaking through the rising tide of conservatism in Europe Looking at the state of public discourses and political debates in European countries today, there are indeed many reasons to be concerned with candidates feeding on fears and frustrations to win votes, write Evelyne Paradis and Michael Privot, whose organisations joined forces to push an all-out equality agenda through the EU election campaign. By Evelyne Paradis and Michaël Privot
We need to care more about the carers: EU is disregarding gender in relation to elderly care Carolin Ausserer interviews Professor Hanne Marlene Dahl, University Roskilde (Denmark) about care work and migration within Europe. By Hanne Marlene Dahl and Caroline Ausserer
The Rise and Fall of Women's Economic Empowerment? How the Crisis Has Affected EU Gender Equality Policy The rejection of the gender equality strategy is an emblematic representation of tension in EU economic and social policies, which has concerned women’s advocates since the beginnings of the financial crisis. By Rosalind Cavaghan
Quotas for advisory committees, business, and politics: just more of the same? Over the last decades, norms, rules and processes of regulation have appeared with the goal of fostering gender equality. They take many forms, of which gender quotas are a very widespread and frequently used version. By Petra Meier